Cheliki

Cheliki is a colourful 3D adventure game that is built almost entirely around working together with another person. I am running around bright little environments, jumping across platforms, climbing around obstacles and trying to reach new areas with my partner. The game is free to play and focuses on two player online co op, so the main idea is not really about fighting enemies or collecting loads of equipment. It is about getting through the environment together and figuring out how to deal with whatever the game puts in front of me. The platforming is simple enough to understand, but there is a decent amount of room for mistakes. I have to time jumps, balance across sections and use the environment to reach places that I cannot always get to on my own. There are also abilities such as the double jump and dash that make movement a little more flexible. I like that the game keeps the controls fairly straightforward because it means I can concentrate more on actually working through the levels instead of trying to remember a huge list of abilities. The puzzles are where the co op idea becomes more important. There are mechanisms and obstacles that are designed around cooperation,…